2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,198
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Mortuary Science for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Funeral & Mortuary Science is the 196th most popular major in the country with 2,354 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, funeral and mortuary science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,476 and had an average of $21,232 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 422 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,845 and $25,104 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 347 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Mortuary Science for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in funeral and mortuary science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality funeral and mortuary science programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the funeral and mortuary science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Mortuary Science for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree vets studying mortuary science.
Top 3 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nassau Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Mortuary Science for an Associate. Nassau Community College is a fairly large school located in Garden City, New York that handed out 32 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
Nassau Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 13,864 students enrolled at Nassau Community College, 217 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 141 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,692. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Nassau Community College]](/colleges/nassau-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Mortuary Science for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northampton County Area Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It awarded 20 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
Northampton Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 8,951 students enrolled at Northampton County Area Community College, 223 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,086. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northampton County Area Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northampton County Area Community College]](/colleges/northampton-county-area-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Mortuary Science for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service landed the #3 spot on the list. American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 83 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
AAMI also took the #3 spot in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 463 students enrolled at American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service, 29 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 25 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,287. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at AAMI]](/colleges/american-academy-mcallister-institute-of-funeral-service/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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